The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the claim can be adjudicated, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination to determine if the veteran's thyroid nodule is related to service.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to uncertainty regarding whether the thyroglossal cyst qualifies as a thyroid abnormality or an endocrinopathy, and whether it can be linked to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- thyroid nodule
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0524669
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on five different conditions has been dismissed due to the withdrawal of the appeal by his representative.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeals.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for parotidectomy status post parotid gland tumor and thyroid nodule, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The tonsillectomy/tonsillitis secondary to parotid gland tumor and parotidectomy issue was remanded for further development.
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